State v. Chambliss’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] pretrial ruling removing a criminal defendant's retained counsel of choice is a final order, subject to immediate appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 152 Ohio St. 3d 528 - State v. Gordon · State v. Stephenson

2. “A postconviction reversal of the trial court’s judgment would not be automatically effective. A criminal defendant might exhaust his or her resources during the first trial, thereby denying that defendant the counsel of his or her choice. Further, if counsel of choice were later deemed to have been erroneously removed, the subject matter of the first trial, including the strategy employed, witnesses cross-examined, etc., would be stale and likely weakened.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State ex rel. McGinty v. Eighth District Court of Appeals

3. “entitles [the defendant] to an automatic reversal of his conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Ross